signet ring

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noun

a finger ring containing a small seal, one's initial, or the like.

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Origin of signet ring

First recorded in 1675–85

Words nearby signet ring

signed-ranks test, signed, sealed, and delivered, signee, signer, signet, signet ring, signifiant, significance, significance level, significance test, significancy

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How to use signet ring in a sentence

Evident today was a new signet ring that Carole has recently taken to wearing on the little finger of her right hand.
Carole's Mum Scales Social Heights With Royal Box|Tom Sykes|July 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He wears a real pearl stud and a good signet ring; also a gold wrist watch, face broken and hands stopped at seven-fifteen.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
In the end, therefore, it was he who took the signet ring and the letter the prince had written and brought back the gold.
A Prince of Cornwall|Charles W. Whistler
And that figure upon the shields is the sacred sign that was engraved upon his signet-ring.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado|Frank Aubrey

The wider part of this signet-ring is situated behind, where it affords attachment to large muscles.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking|Wesley Mills
The use of the signet ring is frequently mentioned in the Old Testament.
Scarabs|Isaac Myer

British Dictionary definitions for signet ring

signet ring

noun

a finger ring bearing a signet

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